Gomez are an English indie rock band. Their first album, Bring It On, won the Mercury Music Prize in 1998. The genesis of Gomez was the meeting of four friends from Southport. Guitarist and vocalist Ian Ball and drummer Olly Peacock had previously played together in a local heavy metal band called Severed. They joined with guitarist / vocalist / keyboardist Tom Gray and bassist Paul Blackburn. Ian Ball met vocalist / guitarist Ben Ottewell (from Matlock Bath in Derbyshire) at Sheffield University, where they were both studying. The band played their first gig together in late 1996 in Leeds without a formal name. The band left a sign out for a friend of theirs whose surname was Gomez to indicate that it was the site of their first gig. People saw the sign and assumed that the band's name was Gomez - the name stuck. The band started recording four-track demos in a garage in Southport soon after. A bidding war erupted when they sent the demos to recording labels, with the band finally signing with Virgin Records' subsidiary, Hut, in 1997. Gomez's career trajectory has led to the band's name taking on a new meaning. Also known as "Mercury Poisoning", To "do a Gomez" now means to release a debut album so successful and t
1 | Flavors | Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline |
2 | Free To Run | Bring It On |
3 | Rie's Wagon | Bring It On |
4 | Buena Vista | Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline |
5 | Stone Shuffle | Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline |
6 | Ping One Down | In Our Gun |
7 | Get Myself Arrested | Bring It On |
8 | Devil will ride | Liquid Skin |
9 | 1000 Times | In Our Gun |
10 | The Cowboy Song | Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline |
11 | Getting Better | Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline |
12 | Army Dub | In Our Gun |
13 | Miles End | In Our Gun |
14 | Hangover | Liquid Skin |
15 | Even Song | In Our Gun |
16 | Bring it on | Liquid Skin |
17 | 78 Stone Wobble | Bring It On |
18 | Emergency Surgery | Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline |
19 | Wharf Me | Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline |
20 | Shot Shot | In Our Gun |